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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [127r] (253/300)
The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should
be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
POi mCAL
Dg cypher . Sir M.Clieethan (Cc.iro) Septemher 15oh, 191GL
Do 8.5 pm. Se;ouernoer 15th, 1919. /
\ jT l t/
R P 8,55 a n. Sc ot ember 16th, 1919.
No. 1355 ,
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Very Urgent .
Your telecrcm No . 939 .
prime Minister has made a fait her appeal for
•oostTDonemerit of Lord Milner 1 s Mission u.til signature
of Peace with Turkey c Mis via , shared as already-
reported by Suit an of Epypt and Cou-icil of Ministers
is that the independe_xe party will remain i_iflue._tial
until their policy is proved to be defective by
action of peace Conference. Meanwhile their object is
to prevent Mission from reaching a settlement of
Egyptian relations with Great Britain prior to peace
with Turkey, it being widely believed that Mission
is being sent to ertort some expression of consent
to protectorate. The Extremists hone to attain (? their)
ends by promotion ( ? of a) general strike which will
paralyse industry and Government authority on arrival
of Mission e
The strike movement has been reported in Cairo
Despatches 382 and 431, I will deal in another telegram
with immediate Government measures designed to a.lleviaxc
existing (?conditions) due to high prices and to
counteract political agitation. I appreciate considera
tions advanced in your telegram 989 but I feel bound
to pit forward prime Minister’s views again as they^
appear to be confirmed from intelligence sources and
by many indications that further movement is being
engineered to stultify work. of Mission which may oe
i nt erf er ed v/it h by a,ct ual di st urba^xes and r elu ct an c e
of Egyptians to appear before it.
(16 .9 8/4) .
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The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office, Board of Trade, Board of Education, as well as those within the Egyptian civil service.
The papers discuss the situation in Egypt following unrest by nationalists in 1919, including how to respond to the crisis, accounts of events on the ground, and plans to form a special mission to investigate the causes and propose solutions. Several pages of Curzon's manuscript notes are contained in the file.
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- 1 file (150 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 150, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 1r:14v, 28r:33v, 54r:54v, 67r:69v, 79v, 84r:85v, 119r:120v, 126r:150v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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